September 10, 2019 - 10:00am

Health and Human Services Commission, Brown-Heatly Building, Public Hearing Room
4900 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin Texas, 78751

Agenda

Webcasting Available

This meeting will be webcast. To access the webcast, go to https://hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings the day and time of the meeting.

  1. Welcome and introductions
  2. Adoption of June 25, 2019, minutes (vote required)
  3. Texas Council on Consumer Direction (TCCD) abolition; status of extension
  4. State agency representative reports
    1. Texas Workforce Commission
    2. Consumer Directed Services (CDS)
  5. Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities update
  6. Overview of the rulemaking process
  7. TCCD recommendation letter for expediting service authorization processes
  8. Lunch
  9. Electronic Visit Verification
  10. Transition of Home and Community-based Services and Texas Home Living billing and claims processes from Health and Human Services Commission Client Assignment and Registration system to Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership
  11. Break
  12. CDS utilization quarterly update
  13. National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems technical assistance grant
  14. Subcommittee updates
    1. Quality Assessment and Improvement
    2. Processes and Expansion
    3. Training and Outreach
  15. Public comment
  16. Review of action items and agenda items for December 3, 2019, meeting
  17. Adjourn and thank you

Public comment may be taken on any agenda item.

Contact: Questions regarding agenda items, content, or meeting arrangements should be directed to Michelle Thomas, Advisory Committee Coordinator, Medicaid and CHIP Services Department at 737-867-8747 or Michelle.Thomas@hhsc.state.tx.us.

This meeting is open to the public. No reservations are required, and there is no cost to attend this meeting.

People with disabilities who wish to attend the meeting and require auxiliary aids or services should contact Thomas at 737-867-8747 or Michelle.Thomas@hhsc.state.tx.us at least 72 hours before the meeting so appropriate arrangements can be made.